The Athletes’ Night: Celebrating The Games

The Athletes’ Night: Celebrating The Games

published on 14 July, 2022

The World Games 2022 Athletes’ Night took place on Wednesday, 13 July at Jones Valley Teaching Farm. The night is special as it’s the main celebration event in the middle of the Games. It is dedicated to those participants who miss the two official ceremonies.

Reading the weather forecast the event nearly didn’t happen. But fortunately the foreseen thunderstorm curved around Birmingham. To be really sure, the party was delayed by two hours, starting a 7pm instead at 5pm.

This private event for athletes and participants included an interactive experience, a live DJ and of course food and beverages. In addition to the private event at Jones Valley Teaching Farm, athletes and participants were treated to a world-class performance from Big Boi, one-half of OutKast, the Grammy-award winning Hip-Hop group.

 The World Games is a multi-sport event staged every four years by the International World Games Association, organised with the support of the International Olympic Committee. The 11th edition of The World Games will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, 7-17 July 2022. 3,600 athletes from 34 sports and over 100 countries will take part in The World Games.

The International World Games Association (IWGA) is a non-profit-making international sports organisation recognised and supported by the International Olympic Committee. The IWGA comprises 40 International Member Sports Federations. It administers and promotes The World Games (TWG), a multi-sport event held every four years that features around 35 sports on its programme. The next edition of TWG will be in Chengdu (CHN) from 7-17 August 2025. 5,000 participants from more than 100 countries are expected to take part in this 12th edition. The latest Games were hosted by Birmingham, Alabama (USA).

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